Pearl Harbor

December 7th, 1941. A day which will live in infamy. Here is a list of the Montanans who were killed in the Pearl Harbor attacks, as compiled by retired US Army Lt. Colonel Ed Saunders of Billings.

Montana's last surviving Pearl Harbor veteran passed away this past Spring in Anaconda, MT. Charlie Dowd, was just 17 years old the day he was awoken by the sound of the Japanese attacks.

During WWII, the US Navy designed a massive class of battleships. These battleships dwarfed many on the water.

Retired Army Lt. Col. Ed Saunders also compiled some research about the Montanans who were killed in the Pearl Harbor attacks on 7 December 1941. Here's the full list,

92 year-old U.S. Navy veteran Charlie Dowd remembers December 7, 1941 like it was yesterday, when the falling bombs knocked him out of his bunk on that Sunday morning.

Anaconda’s 92 year-old Charlie Dowd remembers December 7, 1941 like it was yesterday.

In an early-morning sneak attack, Japanese warplanes bomb the US naval base at Oahu Island’s Pearl Harbor, causing the United States to enter World War II.